For Fort Kent's Austin Theriault, his debut in the NASCAR Nationwide Series was good enough for a 15th place finish. Not bad for a 20-year-old racing on a track he had never raced on.

Veteran driver Sam Hornish Jr. won the race held at Iowa Speedway. Young Ryan Blaney finished second and another veteran Regan Smith was third.

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Theriault, driving Dale Earnhardt Jr's #5 car started the race in the #17 spot. He spent some time in the top 10, climbing as high as 8th. After the final pit stop, with about 30 laps to go, Theriault fell to 15th and finished in that spot.

He will drive the Earnhardt car at Loudon, NH and in Kentucky later in the summer.

 

Check out the final results...

POS Car # Driver Make Start Pos. Laps Laps Led + / -  Change in points standings since last race.
154Sam Hornish JrToyota2250166
222Ryan BlaneyFord125081-2 
37Regan SmithChevrolet425000
49Chase ElliottChevrolet625000
511Elliott SadlerToyota825000
62Brian ScottChevrolet725000
720Michael McDowellToyota325030
83Ty DillonChevrolet132500
96Trevor BayneFord162500-1 
1001Landon CassillChevrolet92500
1142Dylan KwasniewskiChevrolet52500
1262Brendan GaughanChevrolet1025000
1360Chris BuescherFord1125000
1431Chase PistoneChevrolet1225000
155Austin TheriaultChevrolet1725000
1616Ryan ReedFord152500-2 
1739Ryan SiegChevrolet182500
1828J.J. YeleyDodge242500
1999James BuescheToyota1424900
2098Ryan GiffordFord2324800
2143Dakoda ArmstrongFord2224800
2251Jeremy ClementsChevrolet282460
234Jeffrey EarnhardtChevrolet2524500
2414Eric McClureToyota322450-1 
2540Matt DiBenedettoChevrolet3024500
2644Hal MartinToyota2724300
2752Joey GaseChevrolet2924200
2893Carl LongDodge352350
2984Chad BoatChevrolet202270-1 
3033Cale ConleyChevrolet212240-6 
3119Mike BlissToyota192200-2 
3255Caleb RoarkChevrolet3817500
3323Carlos ContrerasChevrolet371380-2 
3487Tim SchendelChevrolet3613100
3517Tanner BerryhillDodge318000
3676Tommy Joe MartinsFord34630
3770Derrike CopeChevrolet33440
3874Mike HarmonDodge4080-2 
3910Jeff GreenToyota2630
4046Ryan EllisChevrolet3930

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